Hockey-boot.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

J. A. MQPHERSON.

HOCKEY BOOT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1904.

W-Lthaomzo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. MCPHERSON, OF HAMILTON, CANADA.

HOCKEY-300T.

"IJoQ 811,316.

To all whom it mdy concern;

Be it known that 1, JAMES ADoLrflUs Mc- PHERSON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth, Province of Ontario, Domin: ion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Hockey-Boots, of which the fol owing is a s ecification.

My inventionre ates to an improvement in ankle-supports for boots and shoes, and is particularly designed for use in connection with hockey-boots or other foot-gear worn in athletic exercises wherein a sup ort for the ankles of the wearer is desirab e, although the invention is of course applicable to any boot or shoe.

The object ofmy invention is to aflord a iirm support for the ankles of-the wearer in.

combination with the boot or shoe and one which can be fastened or unfastened with ease and facility either before or after the boot; or shoe to which it is applied and in combination with which it is used has been buttoned or laced.

My invention therefore consists in the combination, with a boot or shoe, of an ankles-upport comprising a flexible piece-of material securedwithin and along the rear or back.

seam of the upper of the boot or shoe, so that the sides of the support will-form two flaps, one of which is provided with an extension and with a strapv or other suitable fastening device which passes through a slot cut in the upper and is secured by means of a buckle or similar device secured to and exteriorly of the upper, the object of this fastening being to avqld the objectionof having to lace the ankle-support prior to lacing the shoe, which is both tedious and troublesome.

My invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations ofparts, such as will be more full described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure '1 is a perspective view of a shoe with whlch my invention is combined. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation showing the shoe unlaced,

and Fi 3 is a transverse sectional View shown) and the upper 3 3, slit along its longitudinal median me and provided with the eyelets 4i 4 for the reception of a lacing.-

speeification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 28, 1904. Serial No. 200,497.

Patented Jan; 30, 1906.

Although I have shown my invention as applied to a laced shoe, it is perfectly obvious that the same may be used in connectio with a button-shoe as well.

Received within the upper is the anklesupport B, comprising a flexible piece of ma-.

ter1al-as canvas, for instanceconforming in general shape to the shape of the'upper and stitched or otherwise secured to the back seam 5 of the upper, a line of stitching 6 securing the sides of the ankle-support to the sides of the upper for firmly retainingr it in place, whereby the flaps 7 -7 are left eeof the upper and in position to closely embrace the instep of the wearers foot. 'The'anklesupport maybe made of a single piece or of two pieces stitched together at the back seam.

The free ends of the flaps 7 7' may be cut away to conform in general shape with the curvature of the eyeleted portion of the upper, and one of the flaps on the side 3 of the upper is somewhat longer than the other, a t ough this is 'not necessary, the longer flap having stitched or otherwise formed or secured thereto an extension 8, which passes over the median line of the instep of the wearer and-overlaps the opposite flap, the extension 8 'bein provided with a strap 9, adapted to passt rough a slotlO, formed in the upper 3 in the rear of the eyeleted portion t with.

Exteriorly of the side of the upper 3 and ereof and approximtely parallel there- ,rearwardly of the slot 10 is located the buckle cated beneath the ankle of the wearer, sothat the flaps and the upper are left free to be drawn as tightly as desired thereover, and

this arrangement, while affording a brace and strengthening the ankle, does not impede its action in the slightest.

, The buckle 11 is referably located on that side of the upper which is outermost; but this is not essential.

The operation ofmy invention is obvious.

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The wearer places the shoe on the foot and,

inserting the strap through the slot, draws the support as tightly about the ankle as is desired. The strap is then fastened to the buckle and the shoe laced or buttoned in the usual manner. also be effected with ease and facility.

From the foregoing it is evident that many changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the various parts described Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but, I

, Having thus fully disclosed my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. The combination with a boot or shoe provided With an u per, of an ankle-support comprising a flexible material secured adjacent the rear seam of the boot, and consist ing of flaps movable relative to the upper, one side of the upper provided with a slot, a fastening device located exteriorly of the upper and adjacent the slot, and a connection carried by the flap opposite the slotted upper,

The removal of the shoe may.

the connection adapted to pass through the flap, that side of the upper opposite the strapcarrying flap being provided With a slot, a fastening device located adjacent the slot and exteriorly of the upper the strap adapted to pass through the slot and be engaged by the fastening device. t

JAS. A. IVIGPHERSON. In presence of B. E. RUSK. E. A. ELMs. 

